Interactive Web-based Applications Enforcing Communication and Cooperation in Distributed Teams

In this paper we show the work ongoing at CRS4, on the topic of collaboration tools. We describe DJ-Lab, a plugin for the popular integrated development environment IntelliJ Idea that supports the practice of remote pair programming; XP4IDE, that automates the activity of tracking of XP managed development projects and integrates in the IDE a view of the project tasks; and WebRogue, an application for virtual presence in Web sites, that allows web users to see the other people connected to a web server and communicate and cooperate in various ways. The philosophies of these applications are analyzed to spot analogies and differences, potential evolutions, technical and human limitations, and track a path for future development.17-2